Erythranthe tilingii |
Erythranthe breweri |
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Brewer's monkey-flower |
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Habit | Mat-forming perennial from well-developed, creeping rhizomes, often with stolons as well, the stems 0.5-2 dm. tall, mostly glabrous. | Slender annual, the stem simple or sparingly branched, up to 15 cm. tall, purplish tinged and covered with stalked glands. |
Leaves | Leaves opposite, mostly sessile, the blade under 2.5 cm. long, elliptic to ovate, slightly reduced upward, with a few irregular teeth, sub-palmately veined. |
Leaves opposite, linear to linear-oblanceolate, 1-2 cm. long and 1-4 mm. wide. |
Flowers | Flowers few, solitary in the leaf axils, on long pedicels; calyx 5-toothed, irregular, the upper tooth much the largest, the 2 lower ones tending to fold upward; corolla large for the size of the plant, 2-4 cm. long, strongly bilabiate, with flaring throat, yellow with maroon dots or splotches on the pubescent lower lip; stamens 4. |
Flowers solitary in the leaf axils, the pedicels usually longer than the calyx; calyx 5-lobed, 5-angled, the lobes short with prominent mid-veins; corolla light purple to nearly red, slightly bilabiate, 5-10 mm. long and up to 2 mm. wide; stamens 4. |
Fruit | Capsule. |
Capsule. |
Erythranthe tilingii |
Erythranthe breweri |
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Flowering time | July-September | June-August |
Habitat | Wet meadows and wet, rocky slopes at high elevations in the mountains. | Dry to moist open woods and meadows from middle elevations in the mountains to the subalpine. |
Distribution | In the Cascade and Olympic Mountains of Washington; Alaska south to California, east to Montana, Colorado and New Mexico.
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Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Montana, Wyoming, and Utah.
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Origin | Native | |
Conservation status | Not of concern | Not of concern |
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